Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] ourselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My friend and I settled ourselves onto the snow and uncorked a well-chilled bottle of wine in the hope of getting merry . |
| 2 | By the time we lowered ourselves over the bergschrund and had descended the soggy snow of the glacier , the sun was dipping below the satellites of Mt Blanc . |
| 3 | Even if we confine ourselves for the moment to the late sixth and fifth centuries B.C. , when the options were more limited , the road of the Rhone was not the only route for traffic between Celts and Greeks . |
| 4 | Even if we confine ourselves to the more usual outlets for creative expression — in the arts and sciences — there is similar ambiguity . |
| 5 | Even if we confine ourselves to the difference of aim between reformist and revolutionary parties ( or of social movements , which can be classified in a similar way ) , the distinction can not always be made in an absolutely clear-cut fashion . |
| 6 | Predation between invertebrates if we confine ourselves in the macro sense and exclude zooplankton feeding invertebrates is mainly due to mobile forms attacking and feeding upon sessile forms . |
| 7 | We judge ourselves by the time from call-out to getting the problem fixed which is an average of 63 minutes , ’ he said . |
| 8 | A short bubble-ride up to 1850m brought us to L'Altipiano , where we fortified ourselves for the afternoon 's skiing with a lengthy and very enjoyable lunch . |
| 9 | As Christian communicators in Asia we place ourselves at the service of those challenges , well aware that we need to conscientise people as much as we need to be conscientised . |
| 10 | The issue is that you know we build ourselves round the church . |
| 11 | This we did , for in about an hour and a quarter from the time of our beginning the ascent , we found ourselves on the top of this dreadful precipice , and in possession of some very uncommon plants … ’ |
| 12 | Within three weeks I had handed in my dissertation , Lorne had assembled the rudimentary equipment , and with more bravado than common sense we found ourselves on the island of Celebes in the South China Sea . |
| 13 | Finally , helped by a rope suspended from the cliff top , we found ourselves on the central plateau . |
| 14 | But Robin still hungered for a night on the traps : so we found ourselves at the Harold Park Hotel , the crowds milling into the street , silhouetted against the lights of the adjacent Greyhound track . |
| 15 | Not much else is needed to prompt a visit than a map and some route descriptions , so thus it was that we found ourselves between the Vénéon and the Etançons on the campsite at La Bérade in August . |
| 16 | We found ourselves by the gloomy canal that runs through the north of the park . |
| 17 | We found ourselves in the kitchen where a well-groomed girl was washing up - one of the tasks for which residents were responsible in this co-operative household . |
| 18 | ‘ After the success of ‘ Colour Of Spring ’ we found ourselves in the position we 'd always dreamed of , ’ explains Mark Hollis , the main force behind Talk Talk . |
| 19 | Squashed between the driver and the mechanic on top of the engine housing in the first truck , we found ourselves in the role of unwitting umpires , keeping the two men from each other 's throats . |
| 20 | We found ourselves in the middle of nowhere . |
| 21 | Then our small boat began to go down and we found ourselves in the water . |
| 22 | The City streets were fairly quiet of course , but as we passed into the suburbs we found ourselves in the midst of the Saturday morning shopping rush . |
| 23 | The emphasis of Paul is clear , we are to go for quality both in our performance and in the way we conduct ourselves in the workplace . |
| 24 | ‘ We committed ourselves to the City of Edinburgh initiative asking companies to set aside a suitable proportion of the cost of any development to commission new works of art . |
| 25 | He suggested that in the meantime we should visit the Arussi mountains ; this would enable us to assess our men and , if necessary , change some before we committed ourselves to the Danakil country . |
| 26 | We committed ourselves to the fight against terrorism . |
| 27 | But even if we restrict ourselves to the ideational or cognitive function of language ( see p 31ff ) it is necessary to distinguish three levels of organization in language . |
| 28 | The set of laws given is not exhaustive ; we restrict ourselves to the laws needed to translate finite programs to normal form . |
| 29 | We prepared ourselves for the experience by drinking half a bottle of brandy each — I was worried about him until then . |
| 30 | And erm you know as lorry drivers , we we class ourselves as the professionals of the road , but at the end of the day our standards or our reputation is tarnished by the actions of a few is n't it ? |